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StreetMBA

The MBA I never did.

24 modules over 2 years. One reading every morning, about 15 minutes, built the way the good professors teach: a real company situation first, the concept second, once you already need it.

Read the first 3 free Join for ₹2,499

99

Readings published since 19 April 2026

4

Modules finished, a 5th under way

15 min

Per morning, before your first meeting

₹2,499

Once, for all 24 modules

Why I built it

I got into a good engineering college, did a fellowship at one of India's better liberal arts universities, moved to Bangalore, and built a career across 10 countries in Asia. I now lead about 40 people. For years I carried a quiet question about whether I had missed something by never doing an MBA.

Not the credential, and not the alumni network. Those matter less than people think once you are a decade in. What I kept running into was the body of knowledge. How to read a P&L. What leverage means when a CFO says it. Why some pricing works and some collapses. I was picking it up deal by deal and mistake by mistake, which works, but slowly.

So I built the thing I wanted at 26, and I write it every morning whether or not anyone is reading.

Read 3 before you pay anything

The first 3 readings of Module 1 in full, here on this site. No email, no card, nothing to sign up for. If they don't change how you read a balance sheet, don't buy the rest.

Day 1

The accounting equation

How Byju's went from a $22 billion valuation to insolvency, and what the balance sheet was saying the whole time.

Read Day 1

Day 2

Double-entry bookkeeping

The 1494 rule that makes large-scale fraud structurally hard, worked through a ₹50 lakh SaaS contract.

Read Day 2

Day 3

The four financial statements

Eternal kept ₹39 crore on ₹6,201 crore of revenue. Whether that's a crisis depends on which statement you read.

Read Day 3

Where I am right now

Module 5, day 15 of 21, as of 13 August 2026. Modules 1 to 4 are complete at 21 readings each. That's 99 readings written and published since 19 April, most mornings without a gap.

I'm building this in public and I'd rather say that plainly than imply the whole 2 years is sitting finished behind a paywall. You get every reading that exists today, every one that lands over the next 2 years, and you pay today's price once.

The curriculum

Year 1 covers the core most MBAs start with. Year 2 goes where they don't.

Year 1, the foundations

  • 1. Financial AccountingRead a balance sheet, P&L and cash flow statement. Non-negotiable for any VP.
  • 2. Managerial AccountingBudgeting, unit economics, and how CFOs think.
  • 3. Corporate FinanceNPV, WACC, valuation. The grammar of every major business decision.
  • 4. MicroeconomicsIncentives, pricing, game theory. See every deal and negotiation differently.
  • 5. Statistics and Decision ScienceBayesian thinking, regression, and how to read an A/B test without being fooled.
  • 6. Marketing ManagementPositioning, jobs-to-be-done, and how category design works.
  • 7. Operations and Supply ChainProcess design, bottlenecks, and Lean thinking applied to service operations.
  • 8. StrategyPorter, Rumelt, Christensen. Making non-obvious calls under uncertainty.
  • 9. Organizational BehaviorMotivation, culture, power and influence. Language for what you already do by instinct.
  • 10. Business CommunicationThe pyramid principle, executive presence, and how to write something people finish.
  • 11. Macroeconomics and Global BusinessFX, trade, and the APAC context behind every market you work in.
  • 12. Capstone IIntegrate Year 1 into one real business case document.

Year 2, where traditional programs don't go

  • 13. NegotiationRenewals, compensation conversations, brand deals. Every week of your professional life.
  • 14. Behavioral EconomicsKahneman, Thaler, and how human decision-making holds up under pressure.
  • 15. Entrepreneurship and Venture FinanceSide projects, optionality, and the machinery behind the startup world.
  • 16. M&A and Corporate DevelopmentBoard-level literacy. Every VP conversation eventually involves M&A.
  • 17. AI, Platforms and Network EffectsThe economic logic behind the products that dominate markets.
  • 18. Pricing StrategyMost companies price badly, which makes this the fastest win available in CS, product or sales.
  • 19. Sales and GTM StrategyMEDDPICC was the start. This is the rest of the framework.
  • 20. Product ManagementEnough to partner with product teams as a peer rather than a stakeholder.
  • 21. Brand, Narrative and PositioningApplies to company positioning and personal brand in equal measure.
  • 22. Decision-Making and Systems ThinkingThe layer everything else in this curriculum sits on top of.
  • 23. Ethics, Governance and ESGVP-level literacy. It becomes load-bearing the moment you're near a board.
  • 24. Capstone IIIntegrate everything. Produce one publishable output.

Each module ends with one 15-minute deliverable applying what you learned to something real in your own work.

What happens after you pay

You pay once on Topmate. I add your email to the reader group, usually within a few hours, and send you the link to the archive. Every reading published so far is in there as a formatted document, organised by module, with an index at the top.

New readings land in the same place each morning. You'll need to be signed in to the Google account whose address you gave me, so use one you check.

Who this is for

The person who chose a technical degree, or a liberal arts path, or just worked it out as they went. 10 years of experience, good instincts, and the vocabulary hasn't quite caught up.

  • The manager who follows the board conversation but wants the numbers underneath it.
  • The senior IC who keeps watching someone with an MBA get the strategy role.
  • The founder working out pricing and unit economics in real time, with no safety net.

If you want a certificate, this isn't it. There is no certificate.

₹2,499, once

For roughly 500 readings across 24 modules. That works out at about ₹5 a reading. A 2-year MBA at a good Indian school runs ₹20 to ₹40 lakh plus 2 years of salary you don't earn.

Keep your job, stay in your city, and show up for 15 minutes every morning.

Join StreetMBA

Read Day 1 first if you haven't.

Questions about StreetMBA

Is StreetMBA an alternative to a real MBA?

It covers the body of knowledge, not the credential. There is no certificate, no cohort and no alumni network. A 2 year MBA at a good Indian school costs 20 to 40 lakh rupees plus 2 years of salary you do not earn. StreetMBA is 2,499 rupees paid once, roughly 5 rupees a reading, and you keep your job and stay in your city.

How much of it is written so far?

99 readings as of 13 August 2026. Modules 1 to 4 are complete at 21 readings each, and I am on day 15 of 21 in module 5, published most mornings since 19 April 2026. I am building it in public rather than implying that all 2 years sits finished behind a paywall. You get every reading that exists today, every one that lands over the next 2 years, and you pay today's price once.

How long does each reading take?

About 15 minutes, one every morning. A real company situation comes first and the concept second, once you already need it. Each module ends with a single 15 minute deliverable applying what you learned to something in your own work.

Can I read some of it before paying?

The first 3 readings of Module 1 are on this site in full, with no email and no card. Day 1 is the accounting equation, worked through the Byju's balance sheet from a 22 billion dollar valuation to insolvency. Day 2 is double-entry bookkeeping through a 50 lakh rupee SaaS contract. Day 3 is the four financial statements through Eternal, formerly Zomato, and its FY25 numbers.

What happens after I pay?

You pay once on Topmate and I add your email to the reader group, usually within a few hours, then send the link to the archive. Every reading published so far is there as a formatted document, organised by module, with an index at the top. New readings land in the same place each morning. Give me a Google account address you actually check, because you need to be signed in to that account to read them.

What does the curriculum cover?

Year 1 is the core that most MBAs start with: financial accounting, managerial accounting, corporate finance, microeconomics, statistics and decision science, marketing, operations, strategy, organizational behavior, business communication, macroeconomics, and a capstone. Year 2 goes where traditional programs do not: negotiation, behavioral economics, entrepreneurship and venture finance, M&A, AI and platforms, pricing, sales and GTM, product management, brand and positioning, decision-making and systems thinking, ethics and governance, and a second capstone.